I have a question. My nephew also has UC, and is currently in a flare. He has pancolitis and is only on asacol. He has been treated with pred in the past, and this time his doctor wants to steer clear of the steriods. The doctor raised his doseage of asacol from 12 a day to 16 a day. He has been on this doseage for a month, and it is working. He is going into remission.

What concerns me is the high doseage. I read in these posts, that 12 is the max. I tried to do a search on the net, but could not find it written anywhere that 12 is the max. Could someone please show me where it says this. I am concerned for my nephew. Thanks in advance

When I was taking Asacol, there were times at the start of a flare that I would increase from 12 to 18 for a week to 10 days, and it would nip my flares. I never had any problems when I took more than 12/day.<FONT color=#0000ff>Bad flares Guniess & hot wingsGeneric Colazal, 2 2xdayAcidophilus Probotic 3 times/day

when i was firdt diagnoesd and majorly flaring, the doc had me begin Asacol and slowly increase my dosage to 16 a day. once it looked safe to, at the start of remission, he had me decrease down to 12 a day and after a few months,8 a day, which im on now.Dx: Dec. 2006 with UC

Mild tangent. Are we talking the 400mg tablets here? (I don't know if they come in any other dosage) I've, personally, never tried more than 9/day of those to try to control a flare; and that's pretty hit & miss. But, if people's GIs are talking 12/day to nip a flare I might have to discuss that option with my GI...Universal Colitis since 09/2003Current Meds: Asacol (1200mg 2x daily), [occationally alternate Asacol with Pentasa]Prednisone (15mg, tapering), Calcium Supplement, Multivitamin